Presentation by Melanie Farmer, Sussex Innovation Centre, on setting up your own business. Part of the Startup Sussex programme, with University of Sussex
18. WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?
Everything Old style site
Every pet
Slick
+
Know their strengths
Organic
Use of partners
Wheat-free
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20. UNIQUE SELLING POINT (USP)
We like to call this your CUSP (Current Unique Selling Point)
which implies you are always innovating.
1966 User modified cruiser Full-suspension mountain bike
bicycle
1970s Road bicycles
1981 Mass production
1990s Carbon fibre etc
2000s World Championships
(1990 first one)
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23. PRODUCT PACKAGING
Simple, unexpected and concrete
Gold Silver Bronze
Product x
Product y
Product z
Read, ‘Made to stick’ by Chip & Dan Heath
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25. PRODUCT PACKAGING
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26. PROTECTING YOUR IDEA
“If you tell, you’ve got nothing to sell”
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28. PROTECTING YOUR IDEA
Trademark
Your brand is important and in order to protect it, you can
register it as a trade mark.
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29. PROTECTING YOUR IDEA
Design
Design is about the way an object looks: its shape, its
visual appeal. You can register a design.
BMW Mini Dyson Coca Cola
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